Home flipping increased in 75 percent of U.S. markets in 2015 and nationwide

Smaller investors flipping fewer properties are jumping on the bandwagon

Nationwide flipping gross profits are at a 10-year high

“As confidence in the housing recovery spreads, more real estate investors and would-be real estate investors are hopping on the home flipping bandwagon,” said Daren Blomquist, senior vice president at RealtyTrac, in a statement.

“Not only is the share of home flips on the rise again, but we also see the flipping trend trickling down to smaller investors who are completing fewer flips per year. The total number of investors who completed at least one flip in 2015 was at the highest level since 2007, and the number of flips per investor was at the lowest level since 2008.”